World War I
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 23, 2010 at 10:08 pm
What is a "decisive victory"? How often does it happen? Not as often as we'd like to think.
Published: February 23, 2010 at 9:29 am
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Published: July 09, 2009 at 2:36 pm
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Published: April 28, 2009 at 11:25 am
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Christine Ammer |
Published: January 20, 2009 at 1:45 am
Library of Congress"The Great War," wrote MHQ founding editor Robert Cowley in his book of the same name, "was the true turning point of the century just past" and created "that greatest of growth industries, violent death." Such cataclysmic events …
Published: May 29, 2008 at 12:48 pm
What were they thinking? is a valid question when reviewing a campaign, battle or other military maneuver and seeking to understand why the recorded actions were taken. Why did the Persian cavalry fail to attack at Marathon? Why did …
Robert B. Bruce |
Published: May 29, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Philippe Pétain was convinced that firepower was the key to victory in warfare. At Verdun he would have a chance to prove it.
Michele May |
Published: October 29, 2007 at 11:35 am
Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt, President Theodore Roosevelt's youngest son, died as a fighter pilot with the 95th “Kicking Mule” Aero Squadron in World War I.
William J. Astore |
Published: July 30, 2007 at 9:54 am
Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff's blind pursuit of total victory in World War I depleted Germany's army and civilian resources. Their post-war justifications for defeat set the stage for the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis.
John M. Taylor |
Published: May 17, 2007 at 3:48 pm
The German vessel Emden undertook the most remarkable commerce raiding cruise of World War I, destroying fifteen enemy merchantmen in three months, sinking a Russian cruiser and a French destroyer, and greatly embarrassing the Royal Navy.
Jon Guttman |
Published: January 05, 2007 at 2:22 pm
Georges Guynemer was only France's second-ranking ace of World War I, but he remains the most famous of them all.
Edward M. Coffman |
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:18 pm
John J. Pershing directed the troops, but Peyton C. March ensured they were amply supplied to fight during World War I.
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